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In this episode, guests Ben Dewey & Kent Brown join Peter to discuss the latest release of the Apache Stonehenge project. Ben & Kent talk about the .NET, Java, and PHP interoperability project and how it now handles identity. (Interview starts at 26:21) Also, Dmitry & Peter rap about…

This screencast with Chris Bowen is an overview of writing parallel code using the new classes and features available in .NET Framework 4 and the tools in Visual Studio 2010.  Based on a session given for the Northeast Roadshow, this walks through the basics of parallel…

In this episode, the one and only Windows Azure Tactical Strategist, Steve Marx, joins Dmitry and Peter to give us an update on the Windows Azure platform. Steve talks about common real world Windows Azure use patterns, including storage and compute instance configurations. Steve uses some…

This screencast with Chris Bowen looks at development using ASP.NET Web Forms, scripting, and Ajax.  It's based on a session given on the Northeast Roadshow and walks through Web Forms, adding client-side behavior with Javascript and jQuery, improving UI interaction with…

Once the initial allure of the cool graphics and animation capabilities of Silverlight has passed, you’ll probably say to yourself, "Hey, my app needs data too!" Well, this session delivers on that – not once, not twice, but thrice! We’ll look at accessing remote data services from…

Take the Rock Paper Azure Challenge!  Learn the Cloud, make your move, play to win! How do you stack up against the coding competition? Play and find…

Jim O’Neil, Developer Evangelist, closes out his five part series covering topics on SQL Server for developers with an overview of execution plan generation.  Using SQL Server Management Studio it’s easy (and fun) to watch how queries are optimized and thereby get a better insight into…

This screencast with Chris Bowen takes an all-demo look at what's new in Visual Studio 2010.  Based on a session given for the Northeast Roadshow ("Visual Studio 2010 - That's a 10-4, Good Buddy!") you'll see many new features, from editing and…

In this screencast, Jim O'Neil, Developer Evangelist, provides an updated version of a presentation he gave during the Northeast Roadshow in May 2010.  In about 15 minutes, he provides an overview of ASP.NET 4, from the core services and IIS 7, through ASP.NET WebForms, DynamicData,  and…

Most of the attention of cloud computing is focused on leveraging the elasticity and self-provisioning power of virtual machines in the "cloud," but what about your data?  Windows Azure has several options for hosting your data - Azure tables, Azure blobs, and SQL Azure - what…